The familial state : ruling families and merchant capitalism in early modern Europe / Julia Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Julia, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The--History.

State, The.

History.

Mercantile system.

Elite (Social sciences).

Commerce.

Netherlands--Commerce--History--17th century.

Netherlands.

Mercantile system--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Mercantile system--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Mercantile system--France--History--18th century.

France.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Ruling families and merchant capitalism in early modern Europe

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005.

Summary:

The 17th century was called the Dutch 'Golden Age'. Over the course of 80 years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. In this book, Julia Adams explores the role that Holland's great families played in this dramatic history.

Contents:

Introduction. The Netherlands as point of departure

The patrimonial nexus and theories of state formation

State making, hegemony, and corporate conflict in the Dutch golden age

The familial state and the rise of the Netherlands

Patrimonial problems, familial states, and chartered companies in seventeenth-century Europe

Dutch decline : the loyalty of the patriarch or the "betrayal of the bourgeoisie"?

France, England, and the enigmatic eighteenth century

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and index.

ISBN:

0801433088

OCLC:

58648152